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Letters Patent No.- 71,068Jated November 19,l 1867.

.IMPROVEMENT IN BRANDING-IRONS.

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TO ALL WIIOM I'I MAY vCONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES RUNDQUIST, oi' Mankato, in the county of'Blue Earth, and State of' Minne- Sota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement for Branding-Irons and I do hereby declarethattlle followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference'being hadto the accompanying drawings forming part ot' this specification.

The present invention consists, among other features, in a novelconstruction of the`holder for the types; also in the form ot' theShanks of the types, and in the means employed for securing them in theholder, as will 'be hereinafter particularly described, reference beinghad to the accompanying-plate of drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideelevation o the branding-iron, with its end, which directly forms theholder, in longitu- 'v dinal section, and

Figure 2 a transverse section takcnin the plane of the line :l: fr, fig.I. i Similar letters of' reference indicate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the handle'for the branding-iron, whichhandle, at one end, B, is formed of a series of arms, C, that at theirouter ends, D, are connected together through parallel side bars orpieces, E, and end pieces, F, the space Gf, between the several pieces Eand F, constituting the socket to receive and hold the type-letters G,with which it is desired to brand. 'lhe letters G are each backed by aplate, I'I, which plate is of such size as to entirely close the openingot' the socket-holder when placed thereon, alongside of each other, eachplate H terminating ina tapering squareshaped shank, I, projectingbeyond the inner end of the holder. where, by driving pins, J, throughthem, they are firmly and tightly secured within 'the holder. In the'spaces between the several shanks of the types, when in the holder,pieces L are inserted, of suitable shape to entirely fill the same andretain the several letters at their proper distances apart. M-isaset-screw inserted in one end of the holder, and bearing against theshank I of the types, for the purpose of' securing them more firinlyinposition.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the types, having tapering Shanks I, andk platesH, the pins Jhside bars E, end pieces F, set-screw M, blocks L, arms C,and handleB, all constructed as described, for the purpose specified.

2. The types, constructed as described, provided with the back plates Hand tapering Shanks I, secured in the holder by means of the transversepins J and blocks L, the latter securedin position between the types bymeans of the central curved arms C, as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 12th day ofJanuary, 1867.

CHARLES RUNDQUIST.

Witnesses:

JACOB PrA'Fr, 'JAcon WILLs.

